When Gudrun and Daniel Brock opened their front door, Aaron, the couple’s 6-year-old son, ran to hug his teacher from Wilshire Boulevard Temple, whom he had not seen in more than a year. Only she heard him whisper: “I missed you so much.”
Syria\’s defense minster and several other government officials were killed or hurt by a suicide bomber in Damascus, a day after Israel\’s army intelligence chief said that President Bashar Assad had moved his troops from the Golan Heights to the capital.
Mel Brooks\’ Tony Award-winning musical, based on his 1968 film, comes to the Hollywood Bowl.
This double parasha brings us to the end of the book of Bemidbar. The Israelites stand at the edge of the Promised Land, following Moses\’ last military campaign. Before the people can leave the wilderness, the soldiers must go through rituals of purification. They must stay \”outside the camp for seven days.\” Everyone who has \”slain a person or touched a corpse shall purify himself\” (Numbers 31:19). This care for returning soldiers has relevance for today\’s veterans.
A bomber killed three of Bashar Assad\’s top military officials on Wednesday – including his powerful brother-in-law – in a devastating blow to the Syrian leader\’s inner circle as rebels closed in vowing to \”liberate\” the capital.
A Black Sea coast town in Bulgaria became the scene of carnage when a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded, killing at least five people and injuring at least 33. Nine people reportedly were missing.
A troubling recent incident in the heart of Krakow’s old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, has raised questions anew about the scope and impact of anti-Semitism in the age of instant response and interactive social media.
From the upstairs bedroom she shared with four girls, Sonja Blits heard the soldiers marching through the quiet village of Zaandijk, outside Amsterdam, where she was being hidden by a generous Dutch family. \”Remember, stay below the windowsill,\” Moe Haidel, the other girls\’ mother, reminded her. But, drawn to the unusual noise, Sonja stood up and peeked through the curtain. Her eyes fixed on the SS troops\’ black boots making clicking noises on the brick street. That sound continued to haunt her.
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